The Proposition 2 1/2 overrides total approximately $750,000 and support rising costs throughout the school district, school officials have said.

Joseph Feliciano, who was accused of stabbing a man in the face last year, pleaded guilty in Dukes County Superior Court Tuesday to a charge of assault to murder.

Eric. J. Johnson pleaded guilty to 16 various larceny and breaking and entering charges in Dukes County Superior Court. He was facing more than 91 charges in all in connection with the break-ins in the down-Island towns. 

Empire Builders, whose worker fell and died at an Edgartown construction site in February, is being fined nearly $20,000 for failing to give the proper safety training to its employees.

Many reports from my Island friends note that hummingbirds are returning to all our towns. Hopeful news!

Brightly colored birds have arrived in various shades of blue, green, yellow, rufous, gray, brown, orange, black, red and white.

Check all of the boxes. A new Massachusetts pest that targets boxwoods has been found on Cape Cod. 

The Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society hosts a monthly beekeepers club to share adventures about the ancient practice of cultivating a hive of bees.

I feel like it’s been windy for weeks on end. The warm days at the beginning of the week, coupled with the aforementioned wind, are drying out the baby plants and seedlings at an alarming rate.

Change: both good and bad, positive and negative. Either way, I’ve never been good with it.